An Open Letter to the Dean of Sweet Valley University: "In fact, is it just me, or do a lot of people in Sweet Valley, and particularly at your campus, get murdered or almost murdered? And raped? And drugged? And contract brain tumors? And experience addiction? And commit suicide? I’m worried your promotional materials are not doing the positive sell you might think they are."

From an open letter from the Kids' Right to Read and the ALA to the Rocklin Unified School District: "The issues and themes dealt with in “Apt Pupil”—the atrocities of World War II, violence, a power struggle, corruption—may not be suitable for all readers. If the parent feels the book is not suitable for her child, she is free to guide him to a different book, but her views are not shared by all parents and students." (Previously.)

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I'm torn between being extra excited for The Hobbit because of my own undying lurrrve for Martin Freeman, and slightly worried that I'm just going to get antsy and annoyed during every scene he's NOT in (which happens in everything else he's in for me), spoiling the rest of the movie, and I will develop an even deeper-seeded hatred of why-are-there-so-many-DWARVES-in-this than I already have. Still. Middle-Earth!